Patents by Inventor Cuong Q. Tran

Cuong Q. Tran has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methods and devices for sensing respiration and controlling ventilator functions
    Patent number: 8776793
    Abstract: Improved methods and devices are described for sensing the respiration pattern of a patient and controlling ventilator functions, particularly for use in an open ventilation system. A ventilation and breath sensing apparatus may include a ventilation gas delivery circuit and a ventilation tube coupled to the ventilation gas delivery circuit. A plurality of pressure sensing elements may be separated by a distance and may produce independent signals. The signals may be used to detect pressure differentials between the plurality of pressure sensing elements. Sensing ports may be located in an airway, and connected to transducers that are valved to optimize sensitivity and overpressure protection. Airway pressure and flow can both be obtained and used to optimize ventilator synchronization and therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Breathe Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony D. Wondka, Robert F. Bryan, Mark McCall, Cuong Q. Tran
  • Methods and devices for sensing respiration and controlling ventilator functions
    Patent number: 8770193
    Abstract: Improved methods and devices are described for sensing the respiration pattern of a patient and controlling ventilator functions, particularly for use in an open ventilation system. An apparatus for sensing respiration and synchronizing a ventilator to the respiration of a patient is described. The apparatus may include a plurality of thermal breath sensors. At least one of the plurality of thermal breath sensors may be a heated thermal breath sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Breathe Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony D. Wondka, Robert F. Bryan, Lutz Freitag, Mark McCall, Cuong Q. Tran
  • METHODS AND DEVICES FOR SENSING RESPIRATION AND CONTROLLING VENTILATOR FUNCTIONS
    Publication number: 20110197885
    Abstract: Improved methods and devices are described for sensing the respiration pattern of a patient and controlling ventilator functions, particularly for use in an open ventilation system. A ventilation and breath sensing apparatus may include a ventilation gas delivery circuit and a ventilation tube coupled to the ventilation gas delivery circuit. A plurality of pressure sensing elements may be separated by a distance and may produce independent signals. The signals may be used to detect pressure differentials between the plurality of pressure sensing elements. Sensing ports may be located in an airway, and connected to transducers that are valved to optimize sensitivity and overpressure protection. Airway pressure and flow can both be obtained and used to optimize ventilator synchronization and therapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2009
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: BREATHE TECHNOLOGIES ,INC.
    Inventors: Anthony D. Wondka, Robert F. Bryan, Mark McCall, Cuong Q. Tran